2021 - THE CROSS - part 1

She was the First Lady of the Soviet Union for 18 years, married to Leonid Brezhnev. They had two children, and she kept their private life as private as she was able. Victoria Brezhnev was described as old-fashioned, gentle, and retiring.
Vice President George H.W. Bush says, he remembers being moved by Victoria’s actions that day of his funeral, which was to be her last public appearance. She stood without moving by her husband’s coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as the soldiers touched the lid, Victoria leaned over her husband’s body—and made The Sign of The Cross. There, at the center of an atheist empire, she traced the image of our hope and salvation on the body of the man she had loved for 54 years. Did she have faith in God’s love for us? Hope that there was more in our destiny than the black end of atheism? She must have done. For to so publicly express hope in Christ in an atheist nation was an act of great courage. This is what Mr. Bush recollected.